by Chris Tachibana | Feb 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
Mount St. Helens is still telling stories. And Steve Olson collects them in his new book Eruption, which puts the science and history of the mountain in the context of personal reports from people who were nearby when it blew in May 1980. On Monday, March 7, Steve...
by Chris Tachibana | Oct 2, 2015 | ScienceWire
…Ben Goldfarb’s story for Hakai Magazine on the Pacific lamprey—a jawless sucker with elaborate teeth—comes with an extreme close-up of the animal in question. But Ben’s story on the evolution, ecological importance, and native tribe efforts to support the...
by Chris Tachibana | Jul 2, 2015 | ScienceWire
Trees are part of the Northwest legacy, writes Andrea Watts in Seattle Business. And a new product—cross-laminated timber, or CLT—is making wood a sustainable building option for highrise office buildings, apartments, and hotels. Could CLT replace Starbucks as the...
by Chris Tachibana | Jan 1, 2015 | ScienceWire
What can save the salmon? asks Ben Goldfarb @ben_a_goldfarb, in a cover story for High Country News. Ben explores the options around the Columbia Basin, where development and dams are deciding the fate of the Pacific Northwest salmon. (HCN offers free trials and your...
by Chris Tachibana | May 3, 2014 | ScienceWire
Maria Dolan (@mariaidolan) has had a busy spring with the relaunch of Northwest Health, a quarterly magazine from Group Health, out this month in digital and print editions. In the inaugural new issue, Maria doles out practical information such as rating home fitness...
